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I'm a broke college student too. It will be cheaper than guitars though. especially if you collect guitars. If you're willing to rough it on the supplies (see any of my posts lol) such as using a boar instead of badger brush, levis instead of a linen strop, VDH stuff instead of fancy pants high class stuff, you can do well on the razors. I have 4 Solingens (2 NOS, one DD Goldedge, one POS i'm in love with) a french razor that I'm convinced is somehow related to TI, and a Sheffield for ~$140 bucks. Some would say the DD Goldedge is worth that alone. Just be on the look out for deals and steals.

My canvas strop is an strip from a pair of jeans nailed taut over a soft wooden board. My leather strop is a really wide, smooth grain leather belt. And I'm using a boar brush. I'm in about 30 bucks total. That includes this razor and a Durham Duplex I found back up in Charleston (and 100 blades for it).

Perfect! Great thinking. I dunno how that Durham Duplex is feeling but I would trash it/sell/it/stow it. Focus on buying real straights. And Utopian will hone one for you for free.

I'm keeping it for travel. Plus it's fun to use every once in a while. It's not a BAD shave... just noticably less comfortable that a real straight.

I've noticed the offer out by Utopian... I'm hesitant to send out my only straight. I figure when I pick up another, it will go straight to a honemeister, and once it gets back, this one will go out. I could use the Durham, but that thing takes off a lotta skin... not fun more than one or two days in a row.

Thats what I meant when I suggested that. Get a good quality razor, that isn't or is shave ready, and send it off to Utopian. SO basically cus he hones it free, the difference between a shave ready and not shaveready razor is postage. And if you look hard enough you'll find some gems pretty cheap.

Picked up a nice Torrey, tiny chip on one of the scales, no cracks, nice clean edge, for $20 bucks. I'm gonna send it for honing soon. I have it stropped up and ready for a shave test... this way I will be able to appreciate the improvement!

LOL. You're in for a treat... That's what I did... tried an ebay razor without honing it. You will notice a difference. It's a great proof of concept and a great way to see what shave ready is, but be willing to take a nick or too, maybe a patch of razor burn.